Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Overthinking isn’t your personality. It’s a stress response. Rumination—repetitive, circular thinking—is one of the strongest predictors of depression and anxiety. It happens when your default mode network gets stuck in a loop and can’t find the off switch. You can’t think your way out. You have to interrupt the loop.
Send this to someone who can’t turn their brain off. It’s Not Your Personality series—Part 7. Follow for Part 8.
#ItsNotYourPersonality #Overthinking #Rumination #DefaultModeNetwork #DrTraceyMarks #AnxietyAwareness #MentalHealthEducation #BrainScience #StressResponse
Overthinking isn’t your personality. It’s a stress response. Rumination—repetitive, circular thinking—is one of the strongest predictors of depression and anxiety. It happens when your default mode network gets stuck in a loop and can’t find the off switch. You can’t think your way out. You have to interrupt the loop.
Send this to someone who can’t turn their brain off. It’s Not Your Personality series—Part 7. Follow for Part 8.
#ItsNotYourPersonality #Overthinking #Rumination #DefaultModeNetwork #DrTraceyMarks #AnxietyAwareness #MentalHealthEducation #BrainScience #StressResponse










